The Washington critic., 1887-09-30
OUR STREET RAILWAYS.
How to Reach All Portions Of the
National CAPITAL.

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all cars for % cents, good ON any lino.
Washington and Georgetown RllIrO1d-5ilrt
AT Georgetown, corner Of High street, down
Bridge street, across Rock Creek, cast u'Onf |
lCuus ylyuulu avenue, passing tircic e1us
tnlung Mills' statue uf Wug.lngipni Cor !
Cufun Gallery, state, Wnra Nlsy uoWW |
mcuts! Presidents House, Lafayette square,
cuntuining Nils equestrian statue " M |
drew lncksuu; Department of Justice tiHlt
ing at Fifteenth street, whoro transfers ass |
given to FuurtConthstrrct BuncD Fifteenth |
street, past Riggs House aud Treasury De |
partmcnt; again down Pennsylvania pyouun |
by Willard sand other hotels and thrlusl
the principal business portion Of the city, |
crossing seventh street west at Coutur
Market (whCro transfers are givuu tu tho |
seventh Street Branch, going north tuwlri
Boundary street or sOuthtO Potomac River,
past Botanical Gardens to Naval Monument
ihcru transfers are given TO branch runniuf
t. Baltimore and ohio Railroad depot, us.
cendiug south side Of Capitol llill, cuutU.
uing along u street south 10 PcnnsylVu.l |
avenue, turning into Eighth street east pa,
the Marine Barracks TO Nuvy-lUd gate. |
Returning, same route and conditions.
FouTtccnth.strcct Branch o. Starts az NoW
York avenue and Fifteenth street Wu4., ont
Fourteenth street To Boundary, passing
Franklin Square and Thomas statue hD.
turning, same route. Transfers given toanl
from main or Aycuuo line. Connects with
cars 10 Mount Pleasant every hull hour
Fare, . cents additional
tcNCnihstruCt BrnuChaStartA at Boundary
and runs due south across the city along
seventh street west, passing Mount Vernon
sVulrc, Patent and PostuillCcs, Odl.lol
lows Hall, crossing Pennsylvania avenue
at Couro Market and city Pustohiac twhrrH
transfers are given To the main or ANunuo
liuCl. continuing across the Mall past the
Smithsonian Institution and National M1-
scum To- thn Whurycs Of the Mount Vernon.
Norfolk and other steamer aud Alexandria
ferry. Returning, sumo route.
Metropolitan Halfway leaving Georgetown,
whore It makes u circuit Ul Wu.i. lliyH,
I..Tr rft.rt
gumcry stroulH, passing near buurtctrwu
College, ACudcwv ut the Visitation, liiau
Service tr-crl pir, and oak llill ouWt'HUs.
over Rock Creek Go J. street north. tnule.
along Connecticut avenue, amidst the Ulia.
tial residences ut the West End, iUuWlnr
that yf the British Munster; along sg.uu-
tcCrth stIcef west To u -trrrt north, -Four
tccutli street tu ',uQaslgg W llId dud ill"
Euhi't House, crossing Nlnll 'rrrI tWh-r.
Transfers are given 10 the .'n,h.-if'Hi
to Iifth street, 10 Louisiana avenue, rn.s.U'
Iudicury square, CITY llaIl, and Lincoln
Monuments Indiana avenue toe trret hN
the Baltimore and uhlp drupt ~ Delaware
avenue, to u street north. TOP First HtgUut
east, ihcuUuuluug East Capitol street To Lin.
coin Park. Rrtmuiug, same route gYuL
west, cAoopt along New dtT"y avenue all
p street instead ul Indiana avenue
Cars also leave iho west front ui the State
NurAud Navy Departments at convenient
Intervals, connecting with above iiuU ut
Seventeenth and II streets.
Ninth street Branch-starts at northern ter
meets with Silver Springs Bruucm, uiyurrue
to Ninth street. thence south, passing
Mount Vernon square, Masonic VvmrlH,
Patent and puIOt,Ccs at F Stroet tWherc
transfers nrc given To main line cast ur
vest, thence To u street. passing Centre
Market and Baltimore and Potomac Depot,
sixth street 20 Missouri avenue To Four.
anda.halt street, thence To the Arsenal
gate and steamboat wharycs, Potomac
River. Returning by same route.
Silver Springs Branch-StaTts from northern
terminus of Ninthstrcot Branch, following
sity and Schuetzcn Park, to entrance to
grounds Of Soldiers Home. RoturninH
same route.
Columbia Halway-Starts at Fifteenth street
west, southeast Of Treasury Department
along New York avenue to Its intersection
with Massachusetts, avenue at seventh
street, thence on Massachusetts, avenue TO
II street north, past the Government Print
ing Onco to Boundary and beginning of
Baltimore turnpike and Bcnning's Bridge
road Returning, same route
North Capitol and o Street tOr BolD Railroad
Starts from Maryland avenue and Four.
snd'a.half street, thence east 10 First west
north TO q street, west to Fourth street,
north to + street, west to Eleventh street.
south to T. street north, west 10 Fourteenth
street, south to Ohio avenue, east %
Twelfth street, south to virginia avenue
and east to starting point. Returning, same
route, except passing east over Instead of
j. street.
This line also has short connecting roads run
ming to the Centre Market, Potomac river
steamboat wharves, Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, Washington Monument and
Eleventh and Boundary,
AnaCostla misunderstanding from foot of
Seventh street, along street south,
past nuvy-yard gate. to Twelfth street cast,
and over the Anacosta Bridge to Union
town and the Government Hospital for the
Insane. Returning, same route. Transfers
/. and from Avenue Limo or Seventh street.
Branch Washington and Georgetown Ran
road, 3 cents.
ncrdic coaches are running from the Navy
Yard via Pennsylvania avenue TO Twenty
second and @ streets northwest Fare,
cents: six tickets for - cents. UOrsc-u4r
tickets are also received as fare.
Hordlc cabs are run 10 any part OF the city.
Fare, - cents, within | mile; ij cents per
hour for one passenger; 81 per hour Tor
more than one, Stands, East Capitol tru9t
and Pennsylvania avenue and seventh
street northwest.
The Parks.
washington Circle IS at Twonty.thlrd street,
New HAMPSHIRE and Pennsylvania avenues,
and containing an equestrian statue of
Washington.
Mcpherson square is at Vermont avenue, I,
X and Fifteenth streets, cpliainlns an
equestrian statue OF General Mcpherson.
Farragut Square at Connecticut avenue, l, x
and Seventeenth streets, containing statue
OF Admiral Farragut.
Dupont Circle mt New Hampshire, Connect
cut and Massachusetts, avenues and Nine,
tCenth street. holding the statue Oi Admiral
Dupont, This circle i IN the heart OF the
most aristGcratiC part of the city.
Scott Circle, at Rhode Island and Massachu-
setts avenues and sixteenth street contain.
ing an equestrian statue of General Winfield
Scott.
Thomas Circle lies at the intersection Of Yer.
mont and Massachusetts avenues and VI
and Fourteenth streets. An equestrian
statue of General George II. Thomas adurns
this the smallest OF the circles,
Lilac Park, at and Twelfth streets and Mas
sHchusetts avenue, and Syringa Park, at
Tenth and l. and Massachusetts avenue, are
two trlangles beautifully kept, aud noted
for their protusion OF the shrubs from which
they get their mime.
Mount Vernon Place includes New York and
Massachusetts avenues and street be-
TWEEN Seventh and Ninth streets. A mas
nihCent fountain In the centre greatly alufL7
this beautiful park.
| Iowa Circle Is ut Vermont and Rhode Island
avenues p and Thirteenth streets, General
Grants house is ON the southwest side.
Franklin Square, between and X and Thr'
tecnth and Fourteenth streets is the most
| artistiCully designed and beautiful of all the
| smaller reservations. II contains natural
mound, supposed TO be an Indian burial
| place, and a spring of delicious water,
which supplies several hydrants.
| Rawllns' Square Is at the intersection OF
New York avenue and Il street, west ul the
| White House. Tho Ruwlius Statue Ms
| been removed TO the south slide Of luuusyir
yaniu avenue south Of Ninth street,
| Stanton Place Is az the Intersection Of Mnssa,
| ChusCtts and Maryland avenues Iut q street
northeast. II contains "a statue OF General
| Nathaniel Greene.
Lincoln Park occupies the grounds nt the
| intersection of North Carolina, MNS1uUu
sctts, Tennessee and Kentucky avenue, A
street northeast, A street southeast aud
! last Capitol street II contains lhc hHtuil
| ful group of ,tujutry representing Liugol'
| striking the fcttcrs from the limbs ui iut
slaves Reached by the Metropolitan cars
Tile cemeteries.
Washington contains several beautiful and
| historic cemeteries Wull worth % visit Old,
/ est OF these Is